CERN IT Department
CH-1211 Genève 23
Switzerlandwww.cern.ch/
it
Castor Versions
Alberto Pace
CERN IT Department
CH-1211 Genève 23
Switzerlandwww.cern.ch/
it
Slide 2
• 2.1.7 Stable, released March 2008– In production at Tier 1 sites (RAL, CNAF, ASGC)– No major issues reported from Tier-1
• 2.1.8 Stable, released November 2008– In production at CERN– Better support for analysis requirements and tape repack
functionality• 2.1.9 Planned – no date available
– Major consolidation aiming at operational cost reduction, no extra features
– Database schema changes to allow future support of new tape format
Castor versions
CERN IT Department
CH-1211 Genève 23
Switzerlandwww.cern.ch/
it
Slide 3
• Until Tier-1 do not need the extra functionalities of 2.1.8 / 9 they can remain on 2.1.7
• Reminder: – several bug fixes cannot be back ported to 2.1.7. – 2.1.8 and 2.1.9 functionalities will not be back ported to
2.1.7• Amount of support requests from Tier-1 in recent
months has been very low• We will try to continue supporting 2.1.7 but we have
concerns if this would need to continue in 2010– We do not have any 2.1.7 running instance at CERN– Several support and operational issues requiring support
have been addressed in 2.1.8 or 2.1.9
Support for Tier-1